Obvious Diversion – All I Want From RSS is Notification: The problem with RSS (or any news format) in my mind is the different expectations from the medium. This is another view of what people expect from news feeds. What do you expect to get from RSS?

Blogging Roller: Dave Johnson and his Java “Roller Weblogger” have been hired by Sun Microsystems to “design, develop, and deploy the primary blogging system for Sun in conjunction with other engineers”. Via Jonathan Schwartz

I have completed and published the last installment of my tutorial covering how to fake a CMS with WordPress. You can find the announcement of part 1 here. Part 2 covers some tips and tricks to extend the framework we created in part 1 using some apache tricks and a plugin or two. Hope you find it helpful.

I have thrown together a tutorial that shows you how to use WordPress as a CMS… sorta. Part 1 is up at my site, you can find it here. Part two should be up soon, and will cover getting the most out of your new WPCMS by combining some plugins with a little apache magic. Hope to see you there.

WordPress 1.2 “Mingus” is out. I am really excited about this release and will be upgrading most of my hacks and my plugins when I get a chance. This blog, as well as a couple of others will get upgraded as time goes on. In the meantime, here is a very small changelog. The rest of the *big* changelog can be found at the WordPress Wiki. That would also be a very good resource for upgrades etc. * Sub-categories: Categories can be arranged hierarchically and infinitely deep. Multiple categories combined with sub-categories gives WordPress the most comprehensive taxonomy system of any blogging software available. * OPML Export and Import: You can import and export OPML to systems like Bloglines or desktop aggregators like NetNewsWire and FeedDemon. * Automatic Thumbnail Creation System: WordPress has a refined upload feature that automatically creates thumbnails any size you want. * Encyrpted passwords and cookies: […]

There is a new version of Pictorialis out which fixes a couple of issues that were brought up with the Beta and you can download it from http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/pictorialis.zip Fixes for this version include: – Built in EXIF support which does not need pre-compiled EXIF in PHP – There is a selection mechanism for versions of GD which makes sure you always get the best possible thumbnails and pictures conversion. – This also has some file upload fixes which makes sure that the uploaded files do not get erased before the script gets a chance to grab the files. – The installation process has also been better defined with some fixes for the installation troubles reported from the previous version. As in the pervious version, this new version has the following features: – XHTML compliant code – Simple once click addition of photos, auto thumbnail and resizing – Extraction of EXIF […]

Well, it’s finally here, the newest version of Greymatter. The Greymatter Team is very pleased with this release. In fact, this is the most pleased we have ever been with a release. Some improvements include beefed up security, emoticons (or smilies, or whatever you want to call them), music and mood inputs, updated (and validated) default templates, and more. The complete changelog is here. There has also been a change to the license agreement, so make sure you read it thoroughly. Read more and Download GM1.3 Here…

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Mark Ghosh

An avid fan of business, education, technology and finance. I lead a lean, highly focussed and capable team of Java Back End developers and Front End developers through a maze of complex software wizardry to fulfill the web maintenance needs of a large chemical manufacturer. As per Myers-Briggs Personality Types, I am an ESTJ. I pride in a project completed on time and according to plan. My hobbies include all kinds of technology, anything that I can taste and anything that goes fast or flies in the air. I like to read business books and comics in my spare time.